The journal Volume 2026

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Racquet Review ·6 min · July 2026

Wilson Blade 98 v8 Tennis Racquet Review: 16×19 vs. 18×20, and Whether the Update Earns Your Demo

Search any gear forum for a tennis racquet review of the Wilson Blade 98 and you will find two arguments running in parallel.

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Apparel ·5 min · July 2026

Moisture-Wicking Fabrics: What Tennis Apparel Technology Actually Does Between Skin and Air

Walk through any pro shop and the shirt wall makes the same promise in a dozen fonts: Dri-FIT, AEROREADY, HeatGear, Climachill.

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Reviews ·6 min · July 2026

Overgrip Reviews: The Tack vs. Sweat Tradeoff, Settled on the Evidence

The tackiest overgrip on the wall is frequently the worst one for the player buying it. That's the pattern that emerges when you read enough overgrip reviews side by side: the products marketed…

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Gear Review ·8 min · July 2026

Vessel Tennis Bag Review: How a Golf Brand Became the "Premium" Answer, and Whether the Belief Holds

Type "tennis bag review" into a search bar in 2024 and, somewhere near the top of every roundup of premium racquet bags, you will find Vessel — a company that did not exist in tennis until 2019, has…

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Tennis Apparel ·6 min · July 2026

Does Breathable Tennis Apparel Actually Work, or Is It Just Marketing?

If you play two or three times a week through the summer, you have probably stood in front of a wall of tennis apparel, read the word "breathable" on a $75 shirt and a $22 shirt, and wondered whether…

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Yonex ·6 min · July 2026

Yonex VCORE 98 Review: What the Evidence Actually Says About Its Spin Claims

Every spin-obsessed baseliner has heard the pitch by now: the Yonex VCORE 98 is "the spin racquet," a frame whose isometric head, Aero Fin grommets, and slippery cross-section will add revolutions to…

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Yonex ·5 min · July 2026

Yonex VCORE 98 Review: What the Specs Promise, What the Evidence Supports

The Yonex VCORE 98 sits in the crowded, expensive middle of the modern player's-racquet market: a 98-square-inch, 305-gram frame that Yonex pitches as its spin weapon, priced in the $250–270 range…

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Racquets ·5 min · July 2026

Pro Player Racquet Setup: The Truth Behind "Pros Don't Play What You Buy"

Ask around any stringing room or gear forum and you'll hear the same warning, usually delivered with a knowing smile: the pro player racquet setup you see on TV has almost nothing to do with the frame…

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Stringing ·7 min · July 2026

Tennis Strings for Flat Hitters: What a 10% Stiffness Drop Actually Buys You

The number that reframed how we think about stringing for flat hitters is this: in Tennis Warehouse University's bench testing, published by physicist Crawford Lindsey, typical polyester tennis…

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Racquets ·8 min · July 2026

Pro Player Racquet Setups Are Lying to You (Politely): What the Evidence Says About Player Fit Profiles

Reviewer note (first person, one case): A few years ago I bought the retail version of a frame my favorite baseliner supposedly used, took it to my local stringer, and asked him to match it to the…